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“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”
― Henri Matisse

“Creativity takes courage. ”
― Henri Matisse

“You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject.”
― Henri Matisse

“To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage.”
― Henri Matisse

“I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some kind of a Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.”
― Henri Matisse

“The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language of art.”
― Henri Matisse